BALLET: Waiting for the kiss in ‘Sleeping Beauty’

A curse, a kiss, and magic! John Bishop’s production of “Sleeping Beauty,” set to the Tchaikovsky score and true to the choreography of Marius Petipa, sets the stage magnificently for Northwest Ballet Theatre’s 16th season finale, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St.